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Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on April 10, 2009, 8:51 am
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> My impression of the long range goal of Program Constellation is the
> establishment of a permanent *city* on the Moon. (?).
> I use the term "city" instead of *outpost* to designate the goal of
> self sufficiency.
> The primary question:
> 1) Is our currently available technology capable of building a self
> sustaining Moon City?
> "Self sustaining" means the inhabitants can live without being
> dependant on supplies from Earth.
I'm not sure why you are requiring a different definition for a city on the
Moon than one on the Earth. I'm not aware of any city on Earth that matches
your description. If anything, much smaller communities are more likely to
meet your criteria.
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> Next question:
> 2) Can we build a Moon City that can replicate?
> If (1) and (2) are affirmative, then we will have designed a seed that
> can (and probably will) permit the Moon to grow biologicially and
> economically. That is the definition of "colonization".
By whom? Since when?
Almost all colonies were economic endevors designed to make money for the
home country.
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> If that framewaok is reasonable
I don't think it is.
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> I'd like to discuss the technology
> that needs to be honed to accomplish that task.
Ok.
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> Regards
> Ken S. Tucker
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Greg Moore
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> establishment of a permanent *city* on the Moon. (?).
> I use the term "city" instead of *outpost* to designate the goal of
> self sufficiency.